Project Gutenberg 2004-06-01 Public domain in the USA. 147 McElroy, John 1846 1929 Andersonville: A Story of Rebel Military Prisons — Volume 3 Produced by David Widger "Andersonville: A Story of Rebel Military Prisons — Volume 3" by John McElroy is a historical account written in the late 19th century. The narrative is framed as a personal memoir detailing the author's harrowing experiences as a Union soldier captured during the Civil War and imprisoned in the infamous Andersonville Prison. The book explores themes of suffering, camaraderie, and the brutal realities of life within the overcrowded and poorly managed confines of a military prison. At the start of the book, the author vividly describes the suffocating monotony and pervasive misery of life within the prison. He outlines the daily struggles of prisoners, including the difficulty of exercising, navigating overcrowded spaces, and the shared experience of longing for adequate food and living conditions. These early chapters set the tone for the hardships faced by inmates, emphasizing the physical and mental toll of starvation and disease. Interspersed with this description, the author shares conversations between prisoners filled with bitterness towards their captors, illustrating the camaraderie that develops in such dire circumstances. The opening captures the duality of despair and resilience among the prisoners, providing a stark glimpse into the depths of human suffering during one of the Civil War's darkest episodes. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/4259/4259-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 62.6 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Andersonville Prison Confederate States of America. Army -- Prisons Military prisons United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons E456 Text US Civil War Category: Biographies Category: History - Other Category: History - American Category: History - Modern (1750+) Category: History - Warfare 405935 2025-07-02T10:13:32.246747 text/html 403345 2020-12-27T21:41:29 text/html 2084025 2025-07-02T10:13:37.488817 application/epub+zip 2088313 2025-07-02T10:13:33.293761 application/epub+zip 210467 2025-07-02T10:13:32.748738 application/epub+zip 2200786 2025-07-02T10:13:40.923748 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 2165688 2025-07-02T10:13:36.923733 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 293429 2022-09-02T13:43:32.431767 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 280765 2025-07-02T10:13:31.660767 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 282284 2020-12-27T21:41:29 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19558 2025-07-02T10:13:41.056738 application/rdf+xml 13469 2025-07-02T10:13:32.873779 image/jpeg 2323 2025-07-02T10:13:32.809778 image/jpeg 2055101 2020-12-27T21:41:29 application/octet-stream application/zip 112265 2020-12-27T21:41:29 application/octet-stream application/zip 2069774 2025-07-02T10:13:32.374747 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia